2022-23 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Lu, Hsin-Yu (Cynthia)

Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Taipei Municipal Heping HS
- Hometown:
- Taipei, Taiwan
Bio
NOTABLE
» Second Duck ever to win the Pac-12 individual title (Carolina Inglis, 2015)
» First player in program history to earn all-Pac-12 first-team honors in back-to-back seasons (2021, 2022)
» UO individual 54-hole record holder (17-under 199, Mason Rudolph Championship)
» Set Oregon single-season record in 2021-22 with 116 total birdies.
2022-23 | JUNIOR
» Golfweek Preseason All-America first team
Fall: Maintained a solid 72.86 scoring average while playing in three of Oregon’s four fall tournaments … Tied for 12th overall at both the Annika Intercollegiate (71-75-71, +1) and the Windy City Classic (73-73-75, +5) to open the fall … Fired an even-par 72 in the lone round of stroke play at the East Lake Cup, tying for second place individually … Nearly sent Oregon to the championship match of the East Lake Cup, narrowly falling in 19 holes against Auburn’s Casey Weidenfeld in the semifinals … Missed the Pac-12 Preview while competing at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championships in Thailand, where she tied for sixth overall at 6 under (71-71-71-69).
2021-22 | SOPHOMORE
» WGCA All-America second team
» Golfweek All-America second team
» Pac-12 individual champion
» All-Pac-12 first team
» Mason Rudolph Championship individual medalist
» Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship participant
» Arnold Palmer Cup international team selection
Helped lead Oregon to the greatest season in program history as a true sophomore … A WGCA second-team all-American after leading the Ducks with a 72.43 scoring average, second-best in UO single-season history … Joined Caroline Inglis (2015) as the only Ducks ever to win Pac-12 individual titles while leading Oregon to its first-ever team conference championship … Won her matches in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the NCAA Championships, helping Oregon to a national runner-up finish … Set a new program record with 116 birdies in 37 rounds of stroke play while leading the team with 20 rounds of par or better … Shot in the 60s five times, including three straight rounds to open the season … Fired an incredible 17-under 199 at the Mason Rudolph Championships to kick off the fall, earning her first career victory and shattering the Oregon individual 54-hole scoring record … First Duck since 2009-10 with multiple individual wins in the same season … Recorded five top-10 finishes and nine top-25 showings in 12 tournaments … Spring: Opened match play at the NCAA Championships with a 2&1 win over San Jose State’s Louisa Carlbom before taking down No. 3 Texas A&M’s top player, Zoe Slaughter, 3&2 in the national semifinals … Shot 8-over par to tie for 31st in the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championships, helping the Ducks finish second and reach match play … Tied for eighth overall at 1-over par (71-70-76) as the Ducks won the NCAA Albuquerque Regional to advance to the NCAA Championships … Became the second Pac-12 individual champion in UO history after shooting 6-under par at the Pac-12 Championships at Eugene Country Club, fueled by a stellar 6-under 66 in the second round ... 6-under 66 was one stroke shy of matching the single-round record for the Pac-12 Championships … Back-to-back top-20 showings at the PING/ASU Invitational (T-19th) and the Silverado Showdown (T-16th) to close the regular season … Tied for fourth at 1-under par (71-70-71) as Oregon won the Northrop Grumman Challenge against a loaded field … Individual runner-up at the Florida State Match Up, shooting 1 under (68-75-72) to lead UO to its second win of the season and first of four during the spring … Fall: Opened 2021-22 in historic fashion, shooting 17-under par (66-68-65) to win the Mason Rudolph Championship and shatter the previous individual 54-hole program record (-12) ... Fired a career-best 7-under 65 in the final round, tying for the third-best single round in program history ... Fueled a 26-under 838 showing for Oregon for the team’s first win of the season, setting a new team 54-hole scoring record … Led the field with 19 total birdies at the Mason Rudolph Championship, finishing the tournament with a run of 42 straight holes without a bogey ... Tied for 27th at the Windy City Classic (+11), 36th at the Stanford Intercollegiate (+6), and 22nd at the Pac-12 Preview (+6).
2020-21 | FRESHMAN
» All-Pac-12 first team
Enjoyed a terrific true freshman season, earning all-Pac-12 honors while posting a 74.05 scoring average in Oregon's seven tournaments ... Received all-Pac-12 honors along with teammate Briana Chacon, giving Oregon multiple first-team all-conference selections in a season for the first time in program history ... Shot par or better seven times in 22 rounds, including three sub-70 performances ... Recorded three top-10 finishes, including a runner-up showing at the Wildcat Invitational ... Tied the UO single-season record with four eagles during the spring ... Spring: Opened her collegiate career with an even-par 72 at the Sun Devil Classic before finishing at +13 to tie for 37th place ... Earned her first career top-10 finish at the Bruin Wave Invitational, shooting 14 over to tie for seventh overall ... Recorded the first hole in one of her collegiate career in the final round of the Bruin Wave Invitational, making an ace with a 5 iron from 176 yards out ... Shot an impressive 7-under par to tie for second overall at the Wildcat Invitational, shooting a 5-under 67 in the opening round and a 3-under 69 in the final round ... Tied for ninth at the PING/ASU Invitational to help Oregon earn its first tournament victory since 2016, finishing at 1-under par with a 74-72-69 showing ... Tied for 26th (+9) at the Silverado Showdown and 23rd (+10) at the Pac-12 Championships ... Opened the NCAA Championships with an even-par 72 before finishing at 11-over par (T-59th) ... Oregon placed 11th at the NCAA Championships, just two strokes shy of advancing to match play ... Fall: No fall season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
BEFORE OREGON
Signed with Oregon as the highest-ranked player coming out of Asia in the 2020 collegiate signing class, and the top-ranked recruit in program history ... Ranked as high as No. 48 on the World Amateur Golf Rankings ahead of her freshman year at Oregon, coming in at No. 51 the week of the Ducks' opening tournament of the 2021 spring season ... Rose more than 100 spots in the world rankings since coming in at No. 154 on Nov. 18, 2019, the day she signed her National Letter of Intent to be a Duck ... Won the 2019 C.T. Pan Junior Championship and the 2020 Future Challenge #1 while racking up six more top-10 finishes in counting events from 2018 to 2020.
» Second Duck ever to win the Pac-12 individual title (Carolina Inglis, 2015)
» First player in program history to earn all-Pac-12 first-team honors in back-to-back seasons (2021, 2022)
» UO individual 54-hole record holder (17-under 199, Mason Rudolph Championship)
» Set Oregon single-season record in 2021-22 with 116 total birdies.
2022-23 | JUNIOR
» Golfweek Preseason All-America first team
Fall: Maintained a solid 72.86 scoring average while playing in three of Oregon’s four fall tournaments … Tied for 12th overall at both the Annika Intercollegiate (71-75-71, +1) and the Windy City Classic (73-73-75, +5) to open the fall … Fired an even-par 72 in the lone round of stroke play at the East Lake Cup, tying for second place individually … Nearly sent Oregon to the championship match of the East Lake Cup, narrowly falling in 19 holes against Auburn’s Casey Weidenfeld in the semifinals … Missed the Pac-12 Preview while competing at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championships in Thailand, where she tied for sixth overall at 6 under (71-71-71-69).
2021-22 | SOPHOMORE
» WGCA All-America second team
» Golfweek All-America second team
» Pac-12 individual champion
» All-Pac-12 first team
» Mason Rudolph Championship individual medalist
» Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship participant
» Arnold Palmer Cup international team selection
Helped lead Oregon to the greatest season in program history as a true sophomore … A WGCA second-team all-American after leading the Ducks with a 72.43 scoring average, second-best in UO single-season history … Joined Caroline Inglis (2015) as the only Ducks ever to win Pac-12 individual titles while leading Oregon to its first-ever team conference championship … Won her matches in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the NCAA Championships, helping Oregon to a national runner-up finish … Set a new program record with 116 birdies in 37 rounds of stroke play while leading the team with 20 rounds of par or better … Shot in the 60s five times, including three straight rounds to open the season … Fired an incredible 17-under 199 at the Mason Rudolph Championships to kick off the fall, earning her first career victory and shattering the Oregon individual 54-hole scoring record … First Duck since 2009-10 with multiple individual wins in the same season … Recorded five top-10 finishes and nine top-25 showings in 12 tournaments … Spring: Opened match play at the NCAA Championships with a 2&1 win over San Jose State’s Louisa Carlbom before taking down No. 3 Texas A&M’s top player, Zoe Slaughter, 3&2 in the national semifinals … Shot 8-over par to tie for 31st in the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championships, helping the Ducks finish second and reach match play … Tied for eighth overall at 1-over par (71-70-76) as the Ducks won the NCAA Albuquerque Regional to advance to the NCAA Championships … Became the second Pac-12 individual champion in UO history after shooting 6-under par at the Pac-12 Championships at Eugene Country Club, fueled by a stellar 6-under 66 in the second round ... 6-under 66 was one stroke shy of matching the single-round record for the Pac-12 Championships … Back-to-back top-20 showings at the PING/ASU Invitational (T-19th) and the Silverado Showdown (T-16th) to close the regular season … Tied for fourth at 1-under par (71-70-71) as Oregon won the Northrop Grumman Challenge against a loaded field … Individual runner-up at the Florida State Match Up, shooting 1 under (68-75-72) to lead UO to its second win of the season and first of four during the spring … Fall: Opened 2021-22 in historic fashion, shooting 17-under par (66-68-65) to win the Mason Rudolph Championship and shatter the previous individual 54-hole program record (-12) ... Fired a career-best 7-under 65 in the final round, tying for the third-best single round in program history ... Fueled a 26-under 838 showing for Oregon for the team’s first win of the season, setting a new team 54-hole scoring record … Led the field with 19 total birdies at the Mason Rudolph Championship, finishing the tournament with a run of 42 straight holes without a bogey ... Tied for 27th at the Windy City Classic (+11), 36th at the Stanford Intercollegiate (+6), and 22nd at the Pac-12 Preview (+6).
2020-21 | FRESHMAN
» All-Pac-12 first team
Enjoyed a terrific true freshman season, earning all-Pac-12 honors while posting a 74.05 scoring average in Oregon's seven tournaments ... Received all-Pac-12 honors along with teammate Briana Chacon, giving Oregon multiple first-team all-conference selections in a season for the first time in program history ... Shot par or better seven times in 22 rounds, including three sub-70 performances ... Recorded three top-10 finishes, including a runner-up showing at the Wildcat Invitational ... Tied the UO single-season record with four eagles during the spring ... Spring: Opened her collegiate career with an even-par 72 at the Sun Devil Classic before finishing at +13 to tie for 37th place ... Earned her first career top-10 finish at the Bruin Wave Invitational, shooting 14 over to tie for seventh overall ... Recorded the first hole in one of her collegiate career in the final round of the Bruin Wave Invitational, making an ace with a 5 iron from 176 yards out ... Shot an impressive 7-under par to tie for second overall at the Wildcat Invitational, shooting a 5-under 67 in the opening round and a 3-under 69 in the final round ... Tied for ninth at the PING/ASU Invitational to help Oregon earn its first tournament victory since 2016, finishing at 1-under par with a 74-72-69 showing ... Tied for 26th (+9) at the Silverado Showdown and 23rd (+10) at the Pac-12 Championships ... Opened the NCAA Championships with an even-par 72 before finishing at 11-over par (T-59th) ... Oregon placed 11th at the NCAA Championships, just two strokes shy of advancing to match play ... Fall: No fall season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
BEFORE OREGON
Signed with Oregon as the highest-ranked player coming out of Asia in the 2020 collegiate signing class, and the top-ranked recruit in program history ... Ranked as high as No. 48 on the World Amateur Golf Rankings ahead of her freshman year at Oregon, coming in at No. 51 the week of the Ducks' opening tournament of the 2021 spring season ... Rose more than 100 spots in the world rankings since coming in at No. 154 on Nov. 18, 2019, the day she signed her National Letter of Intent to be a Duck ... Won the 2019 C.T. Pan Junior Championship and the 2020 Future Challenge #1 while racking up six more top-10 finishes in counting events from 2018 to 2020.
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